Galleries :
Contemporary Applied Arts, London
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Gallery Nine, Bath
MIMA, Middlesborough
Bluecoat, Liverpool
The Art Shop, Abergavenny
Lakeland Arts, Cumbria
+ more
2a Greenwood Road, London E8 1AB
T. +44(0)7506 588 578
E. marlenemckibbin@gmail.com
www.marlenemckibbin.co.uk
Born: 13.9.53 Newry, Co.Down, N. Ireland.
Ulster College of Art 1972 - 1975 BA (First Class Hons.)
Royal College of Art 1975 - 1978 MDes RCA
I have been making jewellery for over three decades, using many different materials. My main body of work has been in acrylic, and in the last fifteen years stainless steel and gold..
I like simple structures which reflect the tactile qualities of my material.
Exhibitions
From 1976 to 1999 numerous exhibitions around the world: Japan, Australia, USA, Germany and Belgium
Chic Choc Gallery - Berlin, Germany - 2000
Jewellery by the Top Ten – Contemporary Applied Arts, London - 2001
Britische Gestalter – Hilda Leiss Gallery Hamburg, Germany - 2001
Transit Design – Contemporary British Crafts, Rome - 2001
Triennale Européenne du Bijou Contemporain – Seneffe, Belgium - 2002
Installation – Contemporary Applied Arts, London - 2005
Ring Tone – Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh - 2005
Monatsringe und Tagesformen – Kunst + Handwerk, Munich - 2006
Collect – V&A London - 2006
Garment Sculptures – collaboration with Margaret O’Rorke, CAA London - 2007
Showcase – New Work, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh - 2007
Fiskars Forum – Finland - 2008
8 Contemporary British Jewellers – Gallery Si, Kobe, Japan - 2008
50 @ BDG – Bluecoat, Liverpool - 2008
Focus showcase – CAA, London - 2010
The Bowie Gallery – Guardian Hay Festival, Hereford - 2010
In The Window – Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool - 2010
Diving for pearls – Scottish Gallery Edinburgh - 2012
Designed Collection for reopening of National Glass Centre – Sunderland - 2013
Showcase – New Work Scottish Gallery Edinburgh - 2014
30 Years in the Making- Lesley Craze Gallery London - 2014
RACollection – Collaboration with Mali Morris RALondon - 2015
Collections
Castle Howard - 1978
Victoria & Albert Museum, London - 1983
Aberdeen Art Gallery - 1990
National Museum of Scotland - 1990
New Jewellery in Britain - British Council Collection - 1992
MIMA Cleveland - Contemporary Collection - 2002
Koch Ring Collection, Germany - 2006
Publications
Classic Plastics - Sylvia Katz - 1984
Month Rings - Barbara Schmidt, Berlin - 2003
New Directions in Jewellery - 2005
Commission
St George’s Hospital Wall piece – ‘Heartfelt’ - 2007